Chayei Sarah 25:11 · unit 1

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 25:11

The Complete Passuk

וַיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵי֙ מ֣וֹת אַבְרָהָ֔ם וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֑וֹ וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יִצְחָ֔ק עִם־בְּאֵ֥ר לַחַ֖י רֹאִֽי׃

After the death of Avraham, God blessed his son Yitzchak. And Yitzchak settled near Be’er-lachai-roi.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah / related (comforting mourners).

TT lemma: ויברך אלהים.

Sefaria — Sotah 14a (related)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
נִחֲמוֹ מֵאֲבֵלוּתוֹ; מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמִּמִּדַּת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְנַחֵם אֲבֵלִים.

English: [He] comforted him from his mourning — this teaches that it is the way of the Holy One, blessed be He, to comfort mourners.

On the daf / in context: The blessing that follows immediately after Avraham’s death is read as divine consolation of the mourner Yitzchak, modeling the mitzvah of nichum aveilim.

Type of Learning

Custom (aggadah — God comforts mourners)

What Is Learned

It is a divine attribute to comfort mourners; the blessing of Yitzchak after Avraham’s death is the Torah’s illustration of that attribute and the source for the mitzvah of nichum aveilim.